My father watched the Mariners when I was a kid. It didn't matter where you were in the house, once he yelled, "Here comes Lou!" we all knew what this meant and bolted to the television to see him in action.
So many warm and fuzzy memories of Lou Pinella losing his cool! I loved every minute of it! Seeing Lou run out of the dugout, like he was in the starting gate at the Kentucky Derby, immediately followed up by being nose to nose with the umpire who's call is in question, followed by the throwing of his cap to the ground, in absolute disagreement and the subsequent kicking of said cap, as if it were a football on a tee. Ultimately ending his tirade, with kicking dirt on the pant legs of the umpire, or covering home plate.... Absolute genius! Thank you for this compilation of Lou Pinella's best ejections. 👍🏽
The players played harder, because they knew their manager would go out and fight for them. You wonder what was being said. I can hear this: Lou: I know you will not change your mind Umpire: Damn Straight. Lou: Well, I am going to get in your face about it. Umpire: Damn Straight. Lou: Let's give the fans a show. Umpire: Damn Straight. Lou: Want to come over for a beer after the game? Umpire: Damn Straight.
Had 4 talented players in Seattle who could steal 40 bases or more each year. Never happened once. Rickey Henderson always did his own thing in NY when Piniella managed him. Had no belief in Lou one bit. Imagine how great Ichiro could have been if he had been allowed to steal more bases.
Announcer "Here comes Lou" (brief pause) "there goes Lou." You don't see much of this anymore with today's challenge rules. First they come up with a pitch and even batter clock to speed the game up, then the challenges to slow it down. So what is missing from baseball and even other major sports (NFL, NBA)? Judgement and judgement calls is what is missing. The NBA has gone batty with it's foul challenges. The NBA use to have only two officials work games. Then they went to three officials and now challenges including rules concerning flagrant fouls, flopping, clear path, etc. Those thugs lack professionalism and integrity is their major problem. The All-Star Game is a joke. Defense is for either young guys trying to make a team or just hope the three point shot misses. They all can dunk and act like that is so great. Sorry, this is about Pinella and not the NBA but Lou put on an extra show not seen anymore in sports because to him it was still a game. Not so anymore.
Scoscia deeked Eric Davis which had him limping. The next night Norm Charlton gets on base with a HBP and Joe Oliver hits a double down the line, Charlton runs all the way home to score and took out Scoscia. The 1990 reds were tough that year. They had the Nasty Boys.
I used to have a tshirt with a picture of Lou's legendary dirt kicking blowup with the Cubs that said "Sweet Lou: Just Kicking It". I would give anything to have that shirt back! Must have been 15 years ago
He learned a lot from Billy Martin ... Pin Stripe Respect ... Sweet Lou" Nothing sweet about Lou he's got no sugar in his tank ... Straight up RAW and Un Cut"
I was living in Seattle when Sweet Lou kicked his hat all over. It was made all the better by the cuts to Junior laughing in the dugout. We've never had characters quite like that on the Rockies, though Don Baylor had some good umpire arguments and Larry Walker liked a laugh just as much as Junior.
Only negative to our replay system is that we miss out on some these fantastic moments where a legend just needs to vent some frustration for the entire world to see. Lou is a national treasure
Its kinda hilarious just how similar all of his freakouts are. Comes running out of the dugout, slams his hat down, screams in the umpires face, then followed by wild kicking of dirt over home base.
I am so happy instant replay is here so managers don't lose their mind. I remember long 17 inning games and pitchers coming to bat. All gone. Pitch clock and ghost runner is here to stay.
Awesome job on getting these clips together. Being a former Minor League umpire, pretty cool to see a lot of umpires on here that I’ve met that has had a piece of Pinella lol
Replay review killed that. It took the emotion out of pivotal moments of the game and turned close calls into a dull, academic study exercise. The upside though is that by killing these high energy arguments on TV, it probably improved the way people behave at Little League games. Regardless, I still prefer 20th century baseball over the modern "fork" of the sport that MLB has been trying to invent for the last ~10 years.
@@yorgle11 i miss the managers arguing with the umps but i must say that tho instant replay took all of the emotions from the game i feel the umps were getting 2 many calls wrong and something needed 2 be done about it.the red sox couldve used instant replay agianst the yanks in the 98 playoffs for sure.
Sweet Lou should be in the Hall of Fame on entertainment value alone. Always worth the price of admission and ya never know, might catch a hat or a base or some chewing gum sitting in the stands
Loved seeing Lou Piniella lose his cool watching mariners games with my dad, wish I had been a bit older to remember and appreciate more of that era of mariners baseball
My favorite manager when it comes to protesting, he was hilarious. I think if he hadn't of played MLB, he could've been a soccer player with those kicking skills, 😄😆🤣, love ol' "sweet Lou"...
He wasn't really, though. He'd let the players police themselves. He was tougher on rookies, knew how to show tough love (just ask A-Rod). He'd fight tooth and nail for his players, though. I miss these old school types.
Lou, always entertaining 🙂 After one performance, for some reason, Lou's wife was interviewed, and she said "I'm 43 years old and married to a 4-year old!" 😂
Somewhere there's an editorial cartoon, drawn by the Cincinnati Enquirer's Jim Borgman (artist on the comic strip, "Zits"). The bottom caption reads: "The Cincinnati Reds undergo 'Anger Management' therapy." The scene is the Cincinnati Reds locker room. The Reds players are all sitting on the locker room benches. A psychiatrist in a black suit is sitting with them, clipboard in hand. A large water cooler flies in from offscreen, and hits a bank of lockers (obviously hurled across the room by an offscreen person). The psychiatrist says calmly, "Thank you for expressing your feelings so eloquently, Mr. Piniella. Would anyone else like to comment on today's 6-to-1 loss against the Expos?"
I saw Lou Piniella when he played for AAA Portland Beavers in 66-68. My only memory--he was batting and didn't like the ump's call and ripped on the ump. He looked just like he did in some of these clips. That particular at bat was resolved normally. Lou was known for "having the redass" even then. He is probably the greatest of all the former Portland Beavers.
Good ol Sweet Lou. The man is a living legend, and he should-a won a couple chips in Seattle. Unfortunately, management in Seattle is too damn cheap, it was back then and it still is now.
It's so funny to see two men, not knowing what they are saying, lean back and forth into one another with open mouths. It would be awful if anyone got hurt, but it's like a miniature theater, hilarious.
When Lou Piniella takes off that hat, ain’t no turning back! 🤣
My father watched the Mariners when I was a kid. It didn't matter where you were in the house, once he yelled, "Here comes Lou!" we all knew what this meant and bolted to the television to see him in action.
So many warm and fuzzy memories of Lou Pinella losing his cool! I loved every minute of it! Seeing Lou run out of the dugout, like he was in the starting gate at the Kentucky Derby, immediately followed up by being nose to nose with the umpire who's call is in question, followed by the throwing of his cap to the ground, in absolute disagreement and the subsequent kicking of said cap, as if it were a football on a tee. Ultimately ending his tirade, with kicking dirt on the pant legs of the umpire, or covering home plate.... Absolute genius! Thank you for this compilation of Lou Pinella's best ejections. 👍🏽
The players played harder, because they knew their manager would go out and fight for them.
You wonder what was being said. I can hear this:
Lou: I know you will not change your mind
Umpire: Damn Straight.
Lou: Well, I am going to get in your face about it.
Umpire: Damn Straight.
Lou: Let's give the fans a show.
Umpire: Damn Straight.
Lou: Want to come over for a beer after the game?
Umpire: Damn Straight.
Shit was hilarious and I don’t even watch baseball 😂
you couldn't said better mate
I hated it. Grown men acting like babies is not cool and shouldn't be celebrated.
Lou's ejections are legendary. God I miss that era of baseball, especially his time with the Mariners.. such good memories from when I was a kid.
This guy won World Series as a player and manager and is known for getting pissed at umpires. What a fucking legend.
You can't deny the passion Lou Piniella had for baseball.
Had 4 talented players in Seattle who could steal 40 bases or more each year. Never happened once. Rickey Henderson always did his own thing in NY when Piniella managed him. Had no belief in Lou one bit. Imagine how great Ichiro could have been if he had been allowed to steal more bases.
Announcer "Here comes Lou" (brief pause) "there goes Lou." You don't see much of this anymore with today's challenge rules. First they come up with a pitch and even batter clock to speed the game up, then the challenges to slow it down. So what is missing from baseball and even other major sports (NFL, NBA)? Judgement and judgement calls is what is missing. The NBA has gone batty with it's foul challenges. The NBA use to have only two officials work games. Then they went to three officials and now challenges including rules concerning flagrant fouls, flopping, clear path, etc. Those thugs lack professionalism and integrity is their major problem. The All-Star Game is a joke. Defense is for either young guys trying to make a team or just hope the three point shot misses. They all can dunk and act like that is so great. Sorry, this is about Pinella and not the NBA but Lou put on an extra show not seen anymore in sports because to him it was still a game. Not so anymore.
Sweet Lou's Seattle Mariners ejections are priceless including kicking his hat in Cleveland.
And watching The Kid laughing at him was priceless, too
I always like it when he grab the base and toss it across the infield
Griffy Jr always laughed at Lou which added to the hysteria 🤣
Lou Pinella is like Donald Duck having Frequent Angry Outbursts everytime he gets Mad 😂🤣
Even though Lou lost his mind so much, he was actually right quite a bit.
Just viewing this for first time and you’re absolutely correct
He also tried a little bit to pick and choose his spots in which to go off at an umpire.
Knew when to press the buttons. Very knowledgeable on the rules also.
The one with the double play, mattingly, it was bang bang. I think he was safe.
@FloridaCeltic34 He wasn't right. Because he gets angry for no reason and that's why. Because all Umps have the right to eject him.
Best arguing manager in MLB history 👏 🙌
Lou should be in the HOF by now
It's great hearing Vin Scully. He was the greatest ever.
Hilarious stuff! Whenever I need a few belly laughs, I turn to Lou.
I love me some Lou Piniella aka Sweet Lou! He is one of my favorite MLB managers of all time.
I saw Lou Pinella many years ago in Toronto and you just know you're looking at a living legend.
Sweet Lou. Cincinnati will always cherish you.
1:12 my two favorite hotheads Piniella and O’Neill arguing together 😂 awesome
Scoscia deeked Eric Davis which had him limping. The next night Norm Charlton gets on base with a HBP and Joe Oliver hits a double down the line, Charlton runs all the way home to score and took out Scoscia.
The 1990 reds were tough that year. They had the Nasty Boys.
Glad you found a bunch of the old Mariner Lou ejections. These were great ones.
Lou Pinella is second all-time in the modern era in arguing antics with Umpires, right behind Billy Martin.
His “tirade prime” was definitely his time with the Mariners.
My dad was Lou's buddy. His rookie year traveling secretary. KC has some stories I've heard and never allowed to repeat! Lol. Animals!
I was watching his first Cubs ejection. That one was legendary. I don't know if I've ever seen another manager actually kick dirt on the umpire.
Look up videos of Billy Martin, he actually threw dirt on an umpire.
Love me some Lou Piniella!
I used to have a tshirt with a picture of Lou's legendary dirt kicking blowup with the Cubs that said "Sweet Lou: Just Kicking It". I would give anything to have that shirt back! Must have been 15 years ago
He learned a lot from Billy Martin ... Pin Stripe Respect ... Sweet Lou" Nothing sweet about Lou he's got no sugar in his tank ... Straight up RAW and Un Cut"
Lou is such a legend
I loved watching Lou Piniella argue and have a temper tantrum. It was hilarious.
Lol listening to the commentators describing lous arguments is the best
I like the Cubs ejections better because I still remember that ejection vs the Braves, he got an Aquafina commercial after that.
I love how they cut the camera to Ken Griffey, Jr laughing; LOL
Hated Jr as a person, but he was a great talent.
I was living in Seattle when Sweet Lou kicked his hat all over. It was made all the better by the cuts to Junior laughing in the dugout. We've never had characters quite like that on the Rockies, though Don Baylor had some good umpire arguments and Larry Walker liked a laugh just as much as Junior.
Lol!! I remember some of these as I'm from Seattle 😂😂
I’d give anything to hear these mic’d up!
I was there with my Uncle and I was 13 years old. The electricity from the fans was amazing.
Only negative to our replay system is that we miss out on some these fantastic moments where a legend just needs to vent some frustration for the entire world to see. Lou is a national treasure
Great video of Lou piniella ejections like a kid throwing a tantrum at Walmart
Its kinda hilarious just how similar all of his freakouts are. Comes running out of the dugout, slams his hat down, screams in the umpires face, then followed by wild kicking of dirt over home base.
😂
Ahh the good old days of no replay. It was the wild west back then.
Sweet Lou
Nice Compilation!
How can you not love sweet Lou?
I am so happy instant replay is here so managers don't lose their mind. I remember long 17 inning games and pitchers coming to bat. All gone. Pitch clock and ghost runner is here to stay.
We loved him in Chicago did a great job building those Cubs lineups. Hes best known for getting angry but the man knew baseball.
Awesome job on getting these clips together. Being a former Minor League umpire, pretty cool to see a lot of umpires on here that I’ve met that has had a piece of Pinella lol
I MET LOU WHEN I WAS JUST A KID 👦 IN SCHOOL BACK IN THE 80s HE WAS SUCH A NICE GUY TO US KIDS IT WAS IN BROOKLYN NYC, HE WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS 😊😊
Lou, what a Legend !
Him and Bobby Cox was no joke. 😂
Those 2 were LEGENDS.
I’d love to see those 2 on the same MLB coaching staff.
Great hearing Vin Scully. He was the greatest ever.
and Stuart Scott rip
Grew up watching Sweet Looouuu, as a player & manager, great post. Hearing Rizzuto is even better yet
Un espectáculo, MAGISTRAL, como te echamos de menos lou, ❤❤❤❤
Bring back managers like Lou and Earl Weaver, they really fought for their teams and stood up to bad calls by these umps
bullschitt! he argued more calls they got right than wrong! look it up!
@@scottstmary2382 I dont need to look it up, they fought and they were right most of the time
Replay review killed that. It took the emotion out of pivotal moments of the game and turned close calls into a dull, academic study exercise.
The upside though is that by killing these high energy arguments on TV, it probably improved the way people behave at Little League games.
Regardless, I still prefer 20th century baseball over the modern "fork" of the sport that MLB has been trying to invent for the last ~10 years.
@@yorgle11 i miss the managers arguing with the umps but i must say that tho instant replay took all of the emotions from the game i feel the umps were getting 2 many calls wrong and something needed 2 be done about it.the red sox couldve used instant replay agianst the yanks in the 98 playoffs for sure.
Lou pinella and bobby knight have wild confrontations with umpires and referees.
Sweet Lou should be in the Hall of Fame on entertainment value alone. Always worth the price of admission and ya never know, might catch a hat or a base or some chewing gum sitting in the stands
Loved seeing Lou Piniella lose his cool watching mariners games with my dad, wish I had been a bit older to remember and appreciate more of that era of mariners baseball
Can you imagine if Lou had to deal with today's bush league umpires? He would've eventually strangled one of them.
When did MLB umpires wear red shirts?
The call at 1:12 was ridiculous. The ump called Davis safe!
Where's the clip of his best reaction when he throws the first base bag?
being a Mariners' fan, Lou Pinella was a BIG part of my childhood. loved seeing him lose his cool lol
I miss lou so much, having him as the cubs manager was a lot of fun
Some guys have a good bat flip... Lou had the hat throw!
The signature hat throw is great 😂
Man, he's something. Colorful and engaging. Much like Cox, Martin, and Weaver.
He was the best. As a player and a manager.
My favorite manager when it comes to protesting, he was hilarious. I think if he hadn't of played MLB, he could've been a soccer player with those kicking skills, 😄😆🤣, love ol' "sweet Lou"...
This is entertainment. I’m not sure how Lou didn’t have a massive coronary or stroke in some of these games.
His argument with umpires is making me laugh!!! He was looking like he’s the strictest manager in MLB history!
He wasn't really, though. He'd let the players police themselves. He was tougher on rookies, knew how to show tough love (just ask A-Rod). He'd fight tooth and nail for his players, though. I miss these old school types.
this was baseball at its best
Sweet Lou...
Lou, always entertaining 🙂 After one performance, for some reason, Lou's wife was interviewed, and she said "I'm 43 years old and married to a 4-year old!" 😂
Lou and Billy Martin loved to kick dirt
Lou is the personification of bseball
Somewhere there's an editorial cartoon, drawn by the Cincinnati Enquirer's Jim Borgman (artist on the comic strip, "Zits").
The bottom caption reads: "The Cincinnati Reds undergo 'Anger Management' therapy."
The scene is the Cincinnati Reds locker room. The Reds players are all sitting on the locker room benches.
A psychiatrist in a black suit is sitting with them, clipboard in hand.
A large water cooler flies in from offscreen, and hits a bank of lockers (obviously hurled across the room by an offscreen person).
The psychiatrist says calmly, "Thank you for expressing your feelings so eloquently, Mr. Piniella. Would anyone else like to comment on today's 6-to-1 loss against the Expos?"
I saw Lou Piniella when he played for AAA Portland Beavers in 66-68. My only memory--he was batting and didn't like the ump's call and ripped on the ump. He looked just like he did in some of these clips. That particular at bat was resolved normally. Lou was known for "having the redass" even then. He is probably the greatest of all the former Portland Beavers.
Waoo, this guy was pure fun 😂😂😂
Priceless
Can you imagine one telling the other, Dude, you need a Tic Tac.
Lou Pinella is the second coming of Billy Martin.
Lou must have grown up playing soccer. Damn, he tried to kick EVERYTHING.
Love a passionate coach!
at the beginning, Erick Dye-Cain. be careful what you ask for. LOL LOL
Sweet Lou was the BEST manager the Mariners ever had!!!!!
Bob Davidson was my favorite umpire! A true warrior vs. the best of the best in managers, till the very end of his career!
As a millennial old soul person, I never crack up so hard at Sweet Lou never realize that he HATES messed up calls 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I'm surprised that Pinella didn't go so far as to punch an umpire; which would have garnered him a hefty fine and a lengthy suspension.
Lou was awesome
I thought Andre Dawson was the only one who knew how to throw bats out of the dugout. 😄😄😄
I would have lost my mind too. If I saw an umpire signal “safe” and then “out.”
Nobody threw a fit better than Lou! 😂
When the hat goes you know Lou is going to give the umps the business
Good ol Sweet Lou. The man is a living legend, and he should-a won a couple chips in Seattle. Unfortunately, management in Seattle is too damn cheap, it was back then and it still is now.
God I miss those days.
It's so funny to see two men, not knowing what they are saying, lean back and forth into one another with open mouths. It would be awful if anyone got hurt, but it's like a miniature theater, hilarious.
0:45. Don Mattingly just stands there while Pinella argues with the umpire. 😄😄😄😄😄😄. Apparently he didn't want to be tossed, either.
Please do Bobby Cox ejections at some point
Sweet Lou was a savage!
I would love to see a compilation of either bobby cox or billy Martin or down the road earl weaver
Earl Weaver would have to have his own Channel.
I guess Lou learned that from Billy Martin. 😂
I loved the Aquafina commercial with Lou
Lou pinnella n Billy Martin n Earl weaver was best managers ejections ever they all get there money's worth
Sweet Lou….Man was awesome
Please do top 10 Lou Piniella ejections.
You gotta love Sweet Lou